Reg Edwards wrote:
. . .
The trouble with you experts is that you overcomplicate matters and
make quite simple, obvious things appear to be mysterious.
. . .

I recently finished reading Richard Hofstadter's _Anti-Intellectualism
in American Life_ (written in 1962, won a Pulitzer prize in 1964), where
the author shows in great detail that a general disdain for education,
sophistication, and complexity is a very deeply seated American
tradition. That general outlook was virtually a basis of the founding of
a number of now-mainstream religions, and has had lasting impacts on our
educational and political systems. In short, it's a long and dearly held
American tradition.

So, Reg, that was a very American thing to say. You'd fit right in here.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL